Purnia Court railway station
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Purnia Court Railway Station Purnia Court | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kosi Colony, Korathbadi Road, Purnia, Bihar India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°47′42″N 87°28′30″E / 25.795128°N 87.475022°E | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 40 metres (130 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | East Central Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Saharsa–Purnia line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Available | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | PRNC | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Central Railway zone | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Samastipur | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1940 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | East Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
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| 15000/day | ||||||||||||||||
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Purnia Court railway station, (station code:- PRNC), is a railway station serving the city of Purnea in Bihar. This station is managed by the East Central Railway under the Samastipur railway division. Earlier it was an MG line which has now been converted to standard BG line and lies on the Purnea–Banmankhi–Saharsa section. The BG line was inaugurated by the Railway Minister of India Suresh Prabhu on 10 June 2016.[1]
History
Purnia Court railway station was opened in 1937, becoming the second railway station in Purnea, Bihar, British India. The construction of the Purnea - Banmankhi - Murliganj and Bihariganj section, built by the East Bengal Railway, began in 1929 and was completed in 1937, passing through this station. Purnia Court got its name due to its proximity to the District Court, which is located around 5 km away.[2]
After India’s independence, the Saharsa - Budhmaghat line was extended to Murliganj in 1954, connecting the entire Purnea - Saharsa section with 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge tracks.[3]
The gauge conversion work on the Purnia - Saharsa section commenced in the year 2007-08, resulting in a partial suspension of train services. However, the unprecedented floods in the Kosi River in 2008 severely disrupted and delayed the project.[4] After eight years of construction, the broad gauge (BG) line on the remaining Banmankhi - Purnia section was finally completed and inaugurated on June 10, 2016, by the then Railway Minister of India, Suresh Prabhu.[5]
Platforms
This station has three platforms and one foot overbridge with ramp.
Trains
Route of Jansewa Express
- 14617/14618 Purnia Court–Amritsar Jan Sewa Express
Route:- , Banmankhi Junction, Saharsa Junction, Khagaria Junction, Begusarai, Barauni Junction, Hajipur, Sonpur, Chhapra Junction, Siwan Junction, Gorakhpur Junction, Gonda Junction, Sitapur, Bareilly, Moradabad, Laksar Junction, Saharanpur, Ambala Cantonment, Ludhiana, Jalandhar City, Amritsar
Route of Kosi Express
- 18626/18625 Kosi Express
Route:- , Banmankhi Junction, Saharsa Junction, Khagaria Junction, Begusarai, Mokama, Bakhtiyarpur Junction, Patna Junction, Jehanabad, Gaya Junction, Koderma, Gomoh Junction, Bokaro Steel City, Muri Junction, Ranchi, Hatia
Route of Janhit Express
- 13205/13206 Janhit Express
Route :- , Banmankhi Junction, Saharsa Junction, Khagaria Junction, Begusarai, Barauni Junction, Hajipur, Patliputra
Route of Janki Express
- 15283/15284 Janaki Intercity Express
Route:- Manihari, Katihar, Purnia, , Banmankhi Junction, Saharsa Junction, Khagaria Junction, Rusera Ghat, Samastipur, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Jaynagar
References
- ^ "Indian Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu Dedicates Six Railway Facilities in Bihar | Railway News". www.railwaynews.in. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016.
- ^ "Map of EBR 1929".
- ^ "Lines of NER Pg.-6" (PDF).
- ^ "Train Services suspended in Purnia".
- ^ "Purnia Saharsa BG line to open tomorrow".
